George Washington’s Mount Vernon: Everything You Need to Know About the Historic Home
Visiting Mount Vernon could be seen as a right of passage for Americans. Be it on your eighth-grade field trip or as a ...
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A small stitch for womankind: Philly’s Betsy Ross House is sewing up her place in history
At the Betsy Ross House in Philadelphia, actors portraying Ross are busily sewing bedclothes for a doll-sized version of ...
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Mount Vernon's Civil War symbolism
Mount Vernon, the Virginia home of George Washington on the banks of ... which formed in the years leading up to the Civil War to save Washington's house, kept it open to both sides during the ...
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George Washington’s First Inaugural Suit Is Now on Display At Mount Vernon
George Washington’s 1789 inauguration suit coat is now on display at Mount Vernon. Our first President was intentional with his details: the domestically produced wool suit was meant to promote ...
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Special Video Reports - The Private Lives Of George Washington’s Slaves | Jefferson’s Blood | FRONTLINE | PBS
The slaves of George Washington must have found the hours ... in their private lives than those residing at the Mansion House (Mount Vernon), where personal servants had to be available well ...
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President George Washington: Calm, Cool, and Collected Commander in Chief
Situated on the broad Potomac, Mount Vernon was one of ... Like his fellow Virginians in the House of Burgesses, Washington became increasingly disillusioned with George III and his colonial ...
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Inauguration history: What happened on the day George Washington became president in 1789
On the afternoon of April 30, 1789, George ... Washington's inauguration was held in New York City. Before the inauguration, Washington traveled over 200 miles from his home in Mount Vernon ...